Some of Ireland’s best small businesses will be celebrated at the National Enterprise Awards Finals next week.
Run by the 31 Local Enterprise Offices in the local authorities nationwide, the National Enterprise Awards offer an investment prize fund of €40,000.
Some of these businesses include blue light blocking glasses for those who use screens all day, a VirtualVet system to track drug usage in animals, an online supermarket for locally produced foods, a marine fabrication company, handcrafted farm toys for kids and a skincare company that combines healing philosophies and science.
Breda Fox, Chair of the National Enterprise Awards Committee with the Local Enterprise Offices, said, "The National Enterprise Awards are very much a benchmark for excellence for small businesses across the country.
"It is much more than just awards. The businesses involved avail of mentoring and guidance as the process develops and generate connections and leads from other businesses along the way," she said.
"They also receive signposting for their business helping them to move their company forward, irrespective of whether they win an award," she added,
